film festival

On this episode we recap our coverage of the Soho International Film Festival. Featuring interviews with Executive Director Sibyl Santiago, the creators of the indie feature film Auggie Matt Kane, Simone Policano, and Mark Underhill, as well as Seanie Sugrue, Victoria Meade, and Cillian O’Sullivan from the film Misty Button and world renowned photographer turned filmmaker, Platon who directed My Body Is Not a Weapon.

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Last week No Rest for the Weekend was there at the 10th Annual Soho International Film Festival. Red Carpet Corespondent Lindsay Aster was on the red carpet interviewing the filmmakers and stars of the festival. The interviews are currently posted on our YouTube and Facebook pages. Special thanks to Executive Director/Head of Programming Sibyl Santiago for having us and congratulations to all the filmmakers.

Look for a full recap episode complete with new footage of the festival and an exclusive interview with Sibyl Santiago coming soon.

On this episode, producer Jordan Elizabeth Gelber joins host Jason Godbey in the Rabbit Hole Studio to talk about her recent trip to Miami Web Fest. She also gives her advice to creatives looking to get their projects into web festivals as well as her insight on where where web content is headed.

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Host Jason Godbey interviews John Campbell at the opening night party of The Bowery Film Festival

On a previous episode of No Rest for the Weekend: Indie Film News, Chris Gillard and I talked about The Infamous Future, a documentary about Eagle Academy. Last week, I caught up with John Campbell who was supporting his fellow filmmakers at the opening night party The Bowery Film Festival. Look for an in-depth interview with Campbell on a future episode of No Rest for the Weekend.

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Bowery Film Festival was co-founded by Geoffrey Guerrero who also founded Bowery’s sister fest, The Katra Film Series. Geoffrey talks about Katra and gives his tips for filmmakers on this week’s episode of the podcast.

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On this episode Jose Rodriguez, Director of the Documentary Film Program at the Tribeca Film Institute talks about TFI and how they help filmmakers realize their vision.

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In this episode, Spike Lee wins and Oscar. Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote gets a release date, and we give you our Film Festival Deadline Report for March 2019.

Indie Film News is an audio exclusive segment we’ll have each Friday to keep our listeners up to date on what’s happening in the indie film world. We’re also using this new segment to highlight indie film, so if you’re a filmmaker/creator and you have a project you think we should know about, send us a press release. If we think it’s right for the podcast, we’ll mention it on the show.

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This week I had the opportunity to attend the finale of the Katra Fim Series and interview some of the filmmakers and stars of the evening including actor Laura Gomez (video above) the star of Uniform.

Katra presents a selection of films quarterly and provides a platform for indie filmmakers to showcase their work. This year’s Grand Finale was held at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn. I interviewed some of the filmmakers on the red carpet, including Alex Breaux, the writer, director and star of this year’s Grand Prize winner Campfire Alpha; Alexis Karl, co-director of The Lex Requiem; co-director Walter Brandes and actor Anthony Grasso of Kill Al;Nikhil Melnechuk, producer of Fevah, and director Aleksey Reznikov and writer/producer/actor Carter Winter of Dead Layer.

One of the standout films was the animated short, Lotte That Silhouette Girl by Elizabeth Beecherl & Carla Patullo about Lotte Reiniger, a German Film Director who pioneered the art of silhouette animation. The short tells the story of Reiniger’s life and filmography and is narrated by Reiniger herself. It’s a touching film with beautiful animation made in the style of Reiniger’s silhouettes.

Overall, I was impressed by the quality of films. Founder and Executive Director, Geoffrey Guerrero and his team have put together a well-curated series, and for the final night, The Alamo Drafthouse screen lent a prestige not often accorded to short films. For filmmakers looking to get their short screened in New York City, I highly recommend the Katra Film Series.

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In this episode, Co-Founder of Footprint.tv, and founder of WilliFest, Robin C. Adams talks about OTT networks and what it takes to make a great series.

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